The so-called Prevention of Terrorism Bill has finally been forced through Parliament after thirty hours of sleep deprivation and wrangling with the House of Lords.
Under the new Bill,
(LINK) Judges and the Government will have the authority to issue orders indefinitely detaining members of the British Public
without charge.
The Bill, purportedly put in place to protect the British public, comes suspiciously soon after unsubstantiated and appalingly vague claims by Sir John Stevens about the number of terrorists roaming the streets of Britain.
Link to John Stevens story To my mind remniscent of this Python sketch
That Michael Howard, head of the opposition opposed the bill is no surprise (especially in his new cuddly guise) However, that even Thatcher, arguably the last century's most right-wing, authoritarian British Prime Minister, voted for the sunset clause
(LINK) really says something.